Re: [Harp-L] Innapropriate palying

[Glenn Weiser <banjoandguitar100@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 From: "mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> 
Cc: "banjoandguitar100@xxxxxxxxx" <banjoandguitar100@xxxxxxxxx>; "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Innapropriate palying
 
Iceman 
I don't think anyone is going to change your mind about Gussin Bro...

But I think the majority see it as never a nice thing....unless a comfortable invitation is involved.

Back when I was a violin hack I would sit in my seat at a concert and my girl would hold my hand to keep me from  " air bowing "

We all feel the urge...

Mike Wilbur

Mike-

Seriously, I note the near- universal agreement on this and it is important and instructive to know people's opinions here.  But check this out-in around 1972 I went to see the bluegrass band The Country Gentlemen at NYU downtown in NYC. There was this skinny longhair sitting next to me playing mandolin in his seat before the show started. I thought that's OK, but then he played along with the opening act, and then played along with the headliners. I thought it a bit strange, but the guy played really great. Turns out it was David Grisman, one of the world's best known and admired bluegrass pickers. He had already played on the album "American Beauty" by the Grateful Dead. No one shushed him, either. You can certainly question if it was appropriate, but again, so much for the argument that the best players would never do such a thing.

Glenn Weiser